Episode 19
Season 1, 1984
Campout Blues
Episode 19
Season 1, 1984
Introducing: --
The local Boy Scout** chapter is having a big campout, and Kid is signed up to go. The
only trouble is, he’s never camped before, and has no clue what it’s like.
He’s a bit unsettled at the idea of sleeping outside on the ground exposed to various
animals (and going in the woods). By the second number, he decides he’s not going.
The others attempt to get Kid to face his fears, but he’s not listening. Stacy
decides to take a different approach.
After one TV special, she’s a trained hypnotist, and so she’s going to remove
The Kid’s fears with a Boy George pendant mystical crystal and put
him into a trance. She sends him to a creepy musical number instead.
When he surfaces, Mickey is there with an old camping enthusiast magazine that he says is
chock full of
celebrity campers. 
Kid is pleasantly surprised to find that even his idol, Michael Jackson, has
been on a camping trip. He imagines what it would be like if he had the courage to camp
out.
By the end of the day, Kid has made up his mind and is ready to go. As a present, the rest
of the kids chipped in and rented him a portable Singing Machine to take with him.
They can’t resist playing with it.
I hope the bears like 80’s music.
I never did like the idea of camping, anyway. All those bugs, and sleeping in a tent, and
bugs, and no bathrooms, and bugs, and giving up electricity for a day...oh, did I mention
bugs?
Still, this is a cute 3 microphone episode. What’s funny is that every single
organization in town always uses The P*lace to announce its goings-on, even if they have
nothing to do with music.
**They don’t actually say “Boy Scouts”, but since Kid is the only one
dressed up, and no one else admits to being a scout but Mickey, I would assume that’s
what they’re talking about. Also, all his examples are men - although he does
say "all the Jacksons".
Guest star: --
Invention count: 0
0 in total
Vocab: --
Continuity, gags and themes:
The Singing Machine
Conquering your fears
Trying new things
Camping will return as a theme
New Locations: --
Pop culture references:
Boy George (3)
Mickey claims that the following people have been Scouts:
Past Presidents Jimmy
Carter and Gerald
Ford
baseball player Hank
Aaron
Producer/Director Steven Spielberg
All the Jackson sons (yes, even
Michael)
Solos:
Mickey (2) = 15
Gloria (1) = 12
Kid (2) = 9
Episode Total: 5
Total: 48
Performance outfits:
Red/purple – except for Kid who is in his scouting uniform
- The Kid is a scout – but he has never been on a camping trip.
- Mickey was previously a scout. One wonders if Riley was a Boy Scout as well.
- There's a camping magazine?
- Someone throws a hat on stage, and Gloria puts it on briefly during “Our Lips are
Sealed”. 
For some reason, this happens a lot during the first season.
Songs:
Hello Again –
Our Lips Are Sealed –
I’m Not Frightened –
I’m Still Standing –
Freeze Frame –